18.1% ▼ -35.0%
Higher than 50% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 27.9%
- 2016: 29.0%
- 2021: 18.1%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Mingenew · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Mingenew
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
A strong spirit of giving back defines daily life in Mingenew, where volunteering is far more common than across the rest of the country. About 18% of people here volunteer their time, contributing to a supportive local environment.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Volunteering is well above the national figure of 14.1%, with 18.1% of residents giving their time to others.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
While 13% of people provide some form of unpaid care, the proportion of people caring for children unpaid is far below the national figure of 26.3%.
13.0% ▼ -6.3%
Higher than 53% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 13.9%
- 2016: 6.3%
- 2021: 13.0%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
16.3% ▼ -11.5%
Lower than 86% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 18.4%
- 2016: 14.7%
- 2021: 16.3%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
21.4% ▼ -10.0%
Lower than 66% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 23.8%
- 2016: 23.9%
- 2021: 21.4%
Share of people aged 15+ who did 15 hours or more of unpaid domestic work in the week before the Census.
Defence service
People who served in the Australian Defence Force.
The area has a much higher proportion of veterans than most similar places, with 5.5% of residents having served in the Defence Force.
5.5%
Higher than 85% of suburb / locality areas.
Share of people aged 15+ who have ever served in the Australian Defence Force (currently or previously).
Sources
- Census of Population and Housing — Australian Bureau of Statistics, 2021 (CC BY 4.0).
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Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Community Participation in Mingenew [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL50963/mingenew/topic/community